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Colleges where 70% or more of classes have under 20 students

Colleges where at least 7 in 10 class sections have fewer than 20 students, from the class size table in the Common Data Set (sections, not students). Each row shows the Common Data Set year. Basis: colleges that report this in their Common Data Set. A college that does not report it, or whose file we cannot read, is not listed, which does not mean its number is low or high.

Source: Each college's Common Data Set, section I (linked in the table)

74 colleges

74 colleges

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CollegeStateClasses under 20 (CDS year)Distance
Principia CollegeIL100% · 2022-23
Saint Augustine's UniversityNC100% · 2024-25
St. John's CollegeNM100% · 2022-23
Soka University of AmericaCA98% · 2022-23
United States Military AcademyNY97% · 2024-25
Pratt Institute-MainNY95% · 2025-26
Art Center College of DesignCA95% · 2024-25
Berklee College of MusicMA90% · 2025-26
Virginia Military InstituteVA89% · 2025-26
University of North Carolina School of the ArtsNC88% · 2022-23
New College of FloridaFL87% · 2022-23
Claremont McKenna CollegeCA86% · 2025-26
Westminster UniversityUT84% · 2025-26
Washington and Lee UniversityVA83% · 2025-26
Otis College of Art and DesignCA82% · 2024-25
Southeastern Oklahoma State UniversityOK81% · 2022-23
Marietta CollegeOH81% · 2025-26
Muhlenberg CollegePA81% · 2022-23
Earlham CollegeIN80% · 2024-25
University of Minnesota-MorrisMN80% · 2022-23
Rhodes CollegeTN79% · 2025-26
Lawrence UniversityWI79% · 2024-25
University of Alaska FairbanksAK78% · 2023-24
Lawrence Technological UniversityMI78% · 2025-26
Eastern Mennonite UniversityVA78% · 2025-26
Concordia University-ChicagoIL77% · 2022-23
Sarah Lawrence CollegeNY77% · 2024-25
Pitzer CollegeCA77% · 2024-25
Oglethorpe UniversityGA77% · 2025-26
Simpson UniversityCA77% · 2022-23
Northwestern UniversityIL77% · 2025-26
Huntington UniversityIN77% · 2022-23
Skidmore CollegeNY76% · 2025-26
Oberlin CollegeOH76% · 2025-26
Knox CollegeIL76% · 2025-26
University of RichmondVA76% · 2022-23
Scripps CollegeCA75% · 2024-25
Young Harris CollegeGA75% · 2022-23
Haverford CollegePA75% · 2025-26
Willamette UniversityOR75% · 2022-23
Sul Ross State UniversityTX75% · 2022-23
University of ChicagoIL75% · 2025-26
Wesleyan UniversityCT75% · 2025-26
Arcadia UniversityPA74% · 2023-24
SUNY at Purchase CollegeNY74% · 2022-23
Aquinas CollegeMI74% · 2024-25
The College of WoosterOH74% · 2025-26
Macalester CollegeMN74% · 2025-26
Harvard UniversityMA74% · 2025-26
Davidson CollegeNC73% · 2025-26
Stetson UniversityFL73% · 2025-26
Utica UniversityNY73% · 2022-23
Wheaton CollegeIL73% · 2022-23
Lewis-Clark State CollegeID73% · 2025-26
Yale UniversityCT73% · 2025-26
Washington & Jefferson CollegePA73% · 2024-25
Rocky Mountain CollegeMT72% · 2025-26
Centre CollegeKY72% · 2022-23
Hobart William Smith CollegesNY72% · 2025-26
Princeton UniversityNJ72% · 2025-26
Colorado CollegeCO72% · 2024-25
St. Mary's College of MarylandMD72% · 2025-26
Carleton CollegeMN72% · 2025-26
Swarthmore CollegePA72% · 2023-24
Eastern Oregon UniversityOR72% · 2025-26
Kalamazoo CollegeMI72% · 2022-23
Mount Holyoke CollegeMA71% · 2025-26
DePauw UniversityIN71% · 2025-26
Duke UniversityNC71% · 2025-26
McPherson CollegeKS71% · 2024-25
Linfield UniversityOR71% · 2024-25
Point Park UniversityPA71% · 2025-26
Albion CollegeMI71% · 2025-26
Trinity CollegeCT70% · 2025-26

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